
E.G. Marshall
Highest Rated: 100% Compulsion (1959)
Lowest Rated: 13% The Silver Chalice (1954)
Birthday: Jun 18, 1914
Birthplace: Owatonna, Minnesota, USA
One of New York's premier actors and an original member of the storied Actor's Studio, E.G. Marshall earned his reputation on Broadway in "The Skin of Our Teeth" (1942-43), "Jacobowsky and the Colonel" (1944-45), and "The Iceman Cometh" (1946-47). Movie roles followed, but it would be a decade before he really made his name, thanks to films like "The Caine Mutiny" (1954) and, particularly, "12 Angry Men" (1957). The classic legal drama cast the actor as Juror No. 4, who provided the prime opposition to Henry Fonda's dissenting opinion in a murder case. One of Marshall's strengths as a performer was the intelligent authority he brought to parts and that quality was on display on "The Defenders" (CBS, 1961-65), where he and Robert Reed portrayed father and son attorneys who often took on controversial cases that challenged the television norms of the era. When the program finished its run, Marshall continued to act in motion pictures and was beloved amongst radio fans for his hosting duties on "CBS Radio Mystery Theater" (CBS, 1974-1982). While "The Defenders" had a comparatively short four-season run, it remained in the public consciousness to the point where Marshall was brought back for a pair of TV movie revivals almost four decades later. Widely respected for his work in four mediums, Marshall was both a commanding and enduring figure during the majority of his six-decade career and ranked among the more beloved character actors of all time.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | 81% | Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | The President (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Defenders: Choice of Evils | Lawrence Preston (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Defenders: Payback | Lawrence Preston (Character) | - | 1997 |
57% | 52% | Absolute Power | Walter Sullivan (Character) | $50M | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 71% | Miss Evers' Boys | The Senate Chairman (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Goodbye My Love | Unknown (Character) | - | 1996 |
75% | 74% | Nixon | John Mitchell (Character) | $13.7M | 1995 |
30% | 39% | The Tommyknockers | Unknown (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Russian Roulette | Joe Meadows (Character) | - | 1993 |
25% | 24% | Consenting Adults | George Gordon (Character) | $21.6M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ironclads | Commdr. Smith (Character) | - | 1991 |
56% | 36% | Two Evil Eyes | Steven Pike (segment "The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar") (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro | Stanley `'Stan'` Kubacki (Character) | - | 1989 |
68% | 86% | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | Art Smith (Character) | $70M | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Emma: Queen of the South Seas | President Grant (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | La Gran Fiesta | Judge Cooper (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | At Mother's Request | Franklin Bradshaw (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Under Siege | Harold Sloan (Character) | - | 1986 |
50% | 45% | Power | Senator Sam Hastings (Character) | $3.1M | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 57% | My Chauffeur | Witherspoon (Character) | $4.8M | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Saigon: Year of the Cat | The Ambassador (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kennedy | Joseph P. Kennedy (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | 67% | Kennedy: The Presidential Years | Unknown (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Winter of Our Discontent | Mr. Baker (Character) | - | 1983 |
73% | 68% | Creepshow | Upson Pratt (segment "They're Creeping Up On You") (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | 60% | Eleanor, First Lady of the World | John Foster Dulles (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Phoenix | Dr. Ward Frazier (Character) | - | 1981 |
86% | 76% | Superman II | The President (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | HR 6161: An Act of Congress | Narrator | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | 40% | The Lazarus Syndrome | Dr. Mendel (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vampire | Harry Kilcoyne (Character) | - | 1979 |
79% | 79% | Interiors | Arthur (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Collision Course | President Harry S. Truman (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | They've Kidnapped Anne Benedict | Bishop Francis Paul Logan (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Abduction of Saint Anne | Bishop Francis Paul Logan (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Money to Burn | Jed Finnegan (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | 25% | Pursuit | James Wright (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You | Dr. Cazalis (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | 33% | The Pursuit of Happiness | Daniel Lawrence (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The City | Sheridan Hugotor (Character) | - | 1971 |
55% | 81% | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Lt. Col. Rufus S. Bratton (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Clear and Present Danger | Senator Stowe (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | 58% | The Bridge at Remagen | Brig. Gen. Shinner (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | 56% | The Littlest Angel | God (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Poppy Is Also a Flower | Coley Jones (Character) | - | 1966 |
89% | 73% | The Chase | Val Rogers (Character) | - | 1966 |
60% | 74% | Town Without Pity | Col. Jerome Pakenham (Character) | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet | 39% | Cash McCall | Winston Conway (Character) | - | 1960 |
100% | 86% | Compulsion | District Attorney Harold Horn (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | 78% | The Journey | Harold Rhinelander (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | 66% | The Buccaneer | Gov. William Claiborne (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | 47% | The Bachelor Party | Walter (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | 17% | Man on Fire | Sam Dunstock (Character) | - | 1957 |
100% | 97% | 12 Angry Men | Juror No. 4 (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | 58% | The Mountain | Solange (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Scarlet Hour | Lt. Jennings (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Left Hand of God | Dr. David Sigman (Character) | - | 1955 |
92% | 87% | The Caine Mutiny | Lt. Comdr. Challee (Character) | - | 1954 |
13% | 19% | The Silver Chalice | Ignatius (Character) | - | 1954 |
92% | 60% | Broken Lance | Horace - The Governor (Character) | - | 1954 |
76% | 73% | Call Northside 777 | Rayska (Character) | - | 1948 |
83% | 55% | 13 rue Madeleine | Emile (Character) | - | 1946 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Courthouse | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chicago Hope | Unknown (Character) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All | Unknown (Character) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stephen King's The Tommyknockers | Unknown (Character) | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Cosby Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | War and Remembrance | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Equalizer | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown (Character) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kennedy | Joseph P. Kennedy (Character) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1973 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Doctors | Dr. David Craig (Character) | 1969-1973 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Night Gallery | Unknown (Character) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vanished | Unknown (Character) | 1971 |
78% | No Score Yet | The Brady Bunch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I've Got a Secret | Guest | 1966 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Route 66 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown (Character) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Alcoa Hour | Shorty (Character) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Studio One | Unknown (Character) | 1957 1953 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Suspense | Unknown (Character) | 1954 1950-1951 |
90% | No Score Yet | Lights Out | Unknown (Character) | 1951 |
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